Oscar A. Rodriguez wrote: > I have just observed USA 193 from Cadiz (Spain - N36.5340, > W6.2990). The satellite reached +1 magnitude. It passed near > Castor (Gemini > constellation) at approximately 19:00:30 GMT. I was able to > take a photo with my Sony DSC H-5 digital camera. It is not a > good photo due to wind gusts of 90 km/h (around 55 knots per > hour). You can see the photo here: > http://www.arrakis.es/~obaquero/temp/USA193_20080217_190027GMT_s.JPG Nice image in difficult conditions, Oscar. Based on the coordinates and time on the image, I estimate the object was about 28 s late, and 0.46 deg below the track predicted my updated elements: 1 29651U 06057A 08048.09979129 .00257471 00000-0 31999-3 0 00 2 29651 58.4812 43.9247 0008448 75.1492 285.0544 16.07103915 05 Ted Molczan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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